Pleated curtain fabric



Oct. 13, 1959 JACQBY PLEATED CURTAIN FABRIC Filed June 25, 1957 IN VENTOR. AAAzo/v JA cosy A TTOQNEY Unied I States Pm Th is invention relates to a curtain fabric material and refers more particularly to a pleated curtain fabric material, draperies and the like. 1

Previously, only plain curtainfabric material for curtains, draperies and the like were obtainable and the decorator had to sew thedesired .ornamentations on to the fabric material through his or her own initiative and imagination. However, throughprovisions of the present-inventionit is. possible to procure completed ornamented curtain fabric material with a pluralityof equidistantly disposed pleats sewed on either one'o'r opposite edges of the curtain mesh. .It will become apparent from the construction of the novel curtain fabric material that room decoration and placement of household furniture will be enormously facilitated to harmonize with the decorative features of the article constituting the present invention.

It is an object therefore of the present invention to provide greater ornamentation in a curtain fabric material such as a curtain mesh or drapery fabrics and the like for window and room decoration.

Another object of the present invention is to provide greater decorative ensembles with a greater degree of beautification and harmonizing features.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a useful and valuable article of manufacture constituting a curtain fabric mesh material or like material with a multiplicity of equidistantly disposed pleats along one or more edges of the fabric material.

Yet a further object of the present invention is to provide a convenient, efficient method for constructing the pleated curtain article of manufacture.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent during the course of the following specification:

In the attainment of the aforesaid objectives of the present invention, the inventive concept may "be realized through the provision of a fabric mesh-like material or other similar cloth or drapery material, which may be provided with a plurality of pleats integrally formed continuously along either one or opposite edges of the entire length of fabric material. The individual pleats may be equidistantly spaced from each other and may consist of a plurality with as many as three pleats for each side edge of the completed curtain.

The pleats may be sewed simultaneously either along one outer edge or along the outer and inner edge of a single continuous length of curtain material.

The length of curtain mesh constituting the pleats may also be integrally formed incorporating therein a portion of the edge to be pleated and may be folded a pre- 4 determined distance inwardly in order to eventually accommodate three uniform equidistantly disposed pleats stitched concurrently with the formation of pleats.

The stitching of the pleats may be accomplished by the use of a special pleating attachment that produces an integrally formed piece of fabric material to the shape of the desired finished pleat before stitching.

- continuous rolls. which are commercially suitable for I The pleating device may be attached to a. speciallyadapted sewing machine which may likewise be provided with i-a series of a corresponding 'numbe'rof stitching needles to sew the predetermined number of previously arranged pleats. I I I I I I The type of fabric thatmay-b e used'for the construction of the present invention may vary depending upon the desires of the individual decorator,- that IS, anysum ablemate'rial which is commercially available' such as curtain .mesh or fabricmaterial made of acrylic, fiber glass, nylon, and ,the'likesynthetic fibers i's'satisfactory.

The distance between each pleat may be predeterf mined by the particular construction of the sewing majdecorative desires of the inchin'ein addition to the dividual decorator. I I I I I 3 'The pleated fabric according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, maybe constituted therefore of 'a triple pleat formed along one or both the outer oppositeedges. of a curtain material. The pleats may be continuously formed the full length of the entire in dividual curtain or they may likewise be fabricated in manufactnrersof finished valuable fabrics. I I I Obviously, the color, qu-ality of the curtainfabric and other-physical characteristics are not limited to the novel structure "features of the" novel fabric design'constituting the present invention.

A fuller understanding of the present invention may be had by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing, by way of example, a preferred embodiment of the inventive concept.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view constituting a preferred embodiment of the present invention showing a plurality of three pleats along one edge of the novel curtain fabric.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the novel curtain fabric construction as shown in Figure 1 taken along the lines 2--2 thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of another form of the present invention showing a plurality of pleats formed along both outer opposite edges of a curtain fab ric material.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of the second form of the novel curtain construction as shown in Fig ure 3 taken along the lines 44 thereof.

Referring now to the drawing in greater detail, wherein like reference numerals indicate like parts, reference numeral 10 indicates a curtainfabric material which has a plurality of three pleats 11, 12, 13 equidistantly disposed from each other along one outer edge 14 thereof. Each of the three pleats 11, 12, 1-3 are stitched along one edge of the pleat by stitches 15, 16, 17, respectively.

As shown in Figure 2, the curtain fabric material 10 is one integrally formed piece of material and has one outermost portion 18 folded over an adjacent portion 19 so as to conveniently accommodate a plurality of at least three pleats namely 11, 12 and 13 along one outermost edge 19 thereof.

In another form of the novel article constituting the present invention, the curtain fabric material 20 is sewed along both outer opposite sides 21 and 22 con-. currently while the pleats 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 are prearranged prior to stitching upon the specially constructed sewing machine such as the Wilcox-Gibson machine.

Both opposite sides 21 and 22 therefore are simultaneously formed with a plurality of at least three pleats 23, 24, 25 and 26, 27, 28 on each side thereof respec- The integral length of fabric 40 as shown in Figure 4 has three stitches 29, 30, 31 and 32, 33, 34 on each outermost edge 21 and 22 respectively to correspond to the three pleats 23, 24, 25, and 26, 27, 28 respectively thereof...

are this construction, it.is.also-apparenttliat-a portion. ofltheoutermost end 21 and 22 is folded over an.

pleating attachment is. essentially constructed of a dur-' able. metal and is provided with a plurality of structural features adapted. to form a plurality of folds in a fabric material during the pleating and stitching operations.

The. continuous. length of a curtain fabric material or rollv may be subjected to mass production processes suitable for-large scale manufacturing wherein the pleats are stitched continuously at high speed without interruption or-they may benovelly ornamented individually as custorn. made curtain fabrics for particular window lengths, room. furnishings, etc.

Some of the most salient features of the present inventionresidein the simplicity of construction with a resulting negligible increase in manufacturing costs as wellasproviding a readily adaptable decorative arrangement for interior decorators.

It will be understood further that the invention is not limited to the cxa'ct disclosure herein described but may lend itself to a variety of expressions within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A curtain fabric having at least one pleated edge por-' tion, said edge portion having three parallel pleats of equal size, one of said pleats being located upon the edge of said edge portion, the. distance ofzsaid'one pleat from another pleat being equal to the distance between said other pleat and the third pleat, saidedge portion further having an underlying piece of fabricextendingbetween said edge and the third pleat and including a folded portion located directly below said third pleat and being of the same size as said third pleat; and three lines of stitching extending parallel to each other and said edge, one of said lines of stitching joining said one pleat with said underlying piece of. fabric,the other one ofsaid lines'of stitching joining said other. pleat with said underlying piece. of fabric, and the third one of saidlinesof'stitching. joining said third pleat with said underlyng piece. of'

fabric and with said'folded portion.

References'Cited'in the file of'this' patent UNITED STATES PATENTS V I 1,024,317 Douglas Apr. 23,1912 1,152,635 Horton Sept. 7', 1915: 1,164,790 De Voe Dec. 21, 1915'- 2,530,678 Brennan Nov; 21', 1950 

